Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Olympic Backlash Begins (or Continues)

Chicago 2016 leaders gave their regular presentation Monday, telling a community forum in the city's Lakeview neighborhood that the Olympics would be a privately funded spectacle that would raise the city's profile globally.

But unlike a string of recent meetings, after the bid team put its best foot forward, it was immediately hit with counter-presentations from critics who fear that the Summer Games could gravely damage the city.

While bid officials hoped to allay fears particular to Lakeview residents, such as the impact of venue construction to a lakefront bird sanctuary and further congestion to a crowded neighborhood, they had to defend the bid from attacks on multiple fronts.

As more and more info becomes available, people are realizing that in the midst of an economic downturn, spending $4 billion that the city doesn't have, especially in light of Chicago's nasty habit of 100% or more in cost overruns, isn't really a good idea.

32 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Back when the Stuttering Prick first told the IOC he would sign the host city guarantee to fully fund Chicago 2016 a few weeks ago, I immediately E-mailed Helen Schiller with my name and address and told her if she ever voted to fund ANY part of the NOlympics, I would furiously campaign for any candidate running against her. She never wrote back!

If we're as broke as the Irish Prick sez we are, conservative spending should be the rule.

In our financially depleted state, bringing the Olympics here is the equivalent of trying to extinguish the Chicago Fire by pumping gasoline on it!!!!

Where is the outrage???

On October 2nd, the best thing that could ever happen for our once great city, would be to have the Olympic bid go to Tokyo or anywhere else than here.

And on October 3rd, the best thing that could ever happen for our once great city, would be to find out that the entire aircraft carrying the Chicago 2016 Team were lost into a parallel universe over the Bermuda Triangle as they returned from the Olympic announcement, empty handed.

the chinese spent 80 billion in beijing--- we only guaranteed a 500 million dollar loss-- daley could care less because his wallet will get stuffed and fuck everyone else--- they sold the skyway, parking meters, bought half of the city of bensenville, michael reese hospital complex, but no money for the city workers.. anyone out there generating money for him is a fool-- you write a hundred movers a period and you will still get fucked like everyone else--- WAKE UP !!!!!!!!!!!!

I certainly hope that this ends the careers of daley and company. These alderman have never stood on their own, they have rubberstamped everything daley ever wanted. daley has gotten away with so much over the years, everything that is a large scale "so called" development always had major cost overruns. We are not even out of the woods with O'Hare's unbelievable costs. I hope that this is the end of this current administrations political careers.

No one trusts the Aldermen or the Mayor anymore. It was getting bad for Daley before the meters and since then, there has been incredible trickle down onto the Aldermen. Anyone who has ever had political aspirations-this is the year to run for any office. There are lots of smart, unemployed people out there. I have to believe that some of them could compromise their morals to run for office and help us out of the of horror of the past 20 years.

Being the sensible giving person that I am, in addition to assisting the Mayor with the debacle of Fleet Management and exactly who warrants a take-home vehicle, I will also assist in determining whether or not the City should pursue the 2016 Olympics.

WGN reported that the city is still 'on the hook' for a $650,000 bill charged to the Obama administration for his inagural party in the park...but expects full payment. Additionally, they have spent $2.2 million for security around his empty home and expect partial payment of $1.5 million....But don't worry, the city will not be left holding the bag with the Olympic sized expense in 2016!

I was at one of the meeting, they had a short Q&A sesion, so most of the folks could not ask the questionsthey wanted to. They swerved around the 30% minority set a side for the reverends and gang members. Funny, one guy wanted to ask about something for the Veterans, they made sure he was not given a mike!

When they come out with the no Olympics lawn sign I want to be the first to put one in my front yard. Can you imagine the look on shortshanks face when these start popping up all over the city. Priceless!

Da Mayor is not a man of his word! he wont come out and back the Greek for Governor! after the Greek supported the Pres! for US Senate! Da Mayor remained neutual in support of the US Senate seat when Barack won the nomination! Now its time for Barack to back the Greek and for us to see Da Mayor take a series of falls!

"...the impact of venue construction to a lakefront bird sanctuary..."

Yeah, I know. There won't be room to park your Prius or SmartCar, either.

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Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. Birds? What about the impact on the working poor of Chicago, who have been driven back and forth across the city as though with a giant scourge for more than a decade now as it is, thrown out of one apartment after another by "condominium" speculators?

The Olympics are just going to be another nail in the coffin of Chicago's middle class. There will be no one left here but bird lawyers and the illegals who mow their lawns and clean their houses...

"When they come out with the no Olympics lawn sign I want to be the first to put one in my front yard. Can you imagine the look on shortshanks face when these start popping up all over the city. Priceless!"

--7/21/2009 07:34:00 PM

When who "comes out with" these signs?

If you want to be the first one to put this sign in your yard, be the first one to get on the phone to the printer. I recommend high-visibility fluorescent green with stark, all-caps black lettering.

Once Daley took the meetings out of Bridgeport and other lackey wards, he got an earful! ESPECIALLY when his IOC folks tried explaining bs numbers to the accountants and attorneys up and down the lake front. I think Daley forgets that alot of Chicagoans have brians - they just don't use them on election day.

Anonymous said... Once Daley took the meetings out of Bridgeport and other lackey wards, he got an earful! ESPECIALLY when his IOC folks tried explaining bs numbers to the accountants and attorneys up and down the lake front. I think Daley forgets that alot of Chicagoans have brians - they just don't use them on election day.